Waste-fixture for bath-tubs or the like.



Patented July I5, I902.

F. .T. MEYER. WASTE FlXTUBE FOR BATH TUBS OR THE LIKE.

(Application filed Aug. 24, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNIT-ED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS T. MEYER, OF MONTCLAIR, NEWJERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE MEYER- SNIFFEN COMPANY, LIMITED, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

WASTE-FIXTURE FOR BATH-TUBS OR THE LIKE.

:EEEGIFIGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 704,705, dated July 15, 1902.

Application filed August 24, 1901. Serial No. 73,164. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS T. MEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at- Montclair, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aste-Fixtures for Bath- Tubs or the Like, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of re the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in the waste-fixtures of baLh-tubsand the like, the particular object of the invention being to secure a large area of Wastepipe and quick discharge of waste water Without raising the bath-tub unduly from the floor and with waste-piping simple and convenient of manufacture.

A further object is to provide fora compact and convenient arrangement of wasteoperating mechanism actuated from the top of the bath-tub.

For a full understanding. of the invention a detailed description of a construction em- 2 5 bodying all the features of the same in their preferred form will now be given in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and the features forming the invention will then be par- A 3o ticnlarly pointed out injthe claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a'sectional elevation of one end of abath-tub embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a verticalsection on the line 30f Fig. 2.

Referring to said drawings, A is the bathtub, provided with the bottom waste-outlet 10, controlled by the vertically-moving stopper 11, this outlet 10 communicating with a 40 waste chamber or plug B below the tub, from which run two horizontal parallel waste-pipes O to the waste D, with which connects the overflow stand-pipe E, connected with the bath-tub by the overflow-pipe F.

Between the two horizontal parallel wastepipes 0 space is provided for the waste-operating mechanism, which is preferably used for operating the waste-stopper 11 from the top of the bath-tub. This waste-operating 5o mechanism may be of any suitable form; but

the waste-operating mechanism shown is that of United States Letters Patent No. 67 9,882, in which the stopper 11 has adownwardly extending stem or plate 12, having a cam-notch 13, with which coacts a sliding actuating-rod 14:, passing through a perforation in the side of the waste-chamber B, which rod is conthe rod. The operation of this waste-operatingmechanism is the same as fully described in the patent above referred to, the turning of the operating-rod 17 advancing or withdrawing the actuating-rod 14, so that the latter when moved into the chamber B raises the stopper from its seat to open the waste by engagement with the upper cam-surface of the not-ch13, and the withdrawal of the rod 1% permits the reseating of the stopper to close the waste.

While I have shown my divided waste connection'consisting of the pipes O on a dis- 8o charge fitting provided with waste-operating mechanism placed between the pipes O and this combination forms aspecificpart of the invention, it is to be understood that the invention, broadly considered, includes the waste-piping without such operating mechanism and that itmay be used with any other suitable means for opening and closing the waste, such as the ordinary stopper and chain or an'interior overflow stand-pipe, such as is well known. The arrangement of the waste connection between the plug B and waste D ofiset, so as to permit the wastemechanism to be placed in line between the waste-plug and waste, and, with the divided waste connection 95 shown, consisting of the two pipes O, to provide for locating the waste-operating mechanism between them, however, secures a very convenient and compact construction, the open space accommodating well the wastemo operating mechanism and providing for a more convenient and efficient connection of the actuating-rod with the stopper than with the connection made over a waste-pipe, and this construction admits also of the actuating-rod 14 entering the waste chamber or plug B between the pipes C, so as not to interfere with securing the quick waste, which it is the special object of the invention to obtain. The use of the waste-pipe divided into two or more smaller pipes not only secures the desired large waste area in small vertical space, but is also advantageous in securing the rapid flow of the waste water. Two wastepipes are shown; but more may be used, if desired.

What I claim is- 1. The combination with a bath-tub or the like, of a waste connection including two horizontal waste-pipes connecting with the wasteoutlet of the tub with a space between them, and waste-operating mechanism located between said pipes, substantially as described.

2. The combination witha bath-tub or the like, of a waste connection including two horizontal waste-pipes connecting with the wasteoutlet of the tub with a space between them, waste-operating mechanism located between said pipes, and a vertical rod for operating the waste mechanism from above the wastepipes, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a bath-tub or the like, of a waste connection including two horizontal waste-pipes connecting with the wasteoutlet of the tub with a space between them, waste-operating mechanism located between said pipes, a horizontal overflow-pipe, and an operating-rod for the waste mechanism passing through the overflow-pipe, substantially as described.

4. The combination with the bath-tub A having the waste chamber or plug B, horizontal overflow-pipe F, stand-pipe E and waste D, of a plurality of horizontal wastepipes 0 connecting the waste chamber or plug B with the waste D, and waste-operating mechanism between said pipes O, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a bath-tub or the like and its waste chamber or plug and the waste D, of waste-operating mechanism located between the waste-plug and waste, and a waste connection between said plug and waste offset from the waste-plug and waste to pass the Waste connection, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANCIS T. MEYER. 7

Witnesses:

J. A. GRAVES, A. A. V. BOURKE. 

